Busy Weekend

The second week of June, Nate went on his annual fishing "trip" at the lake for a few days with his brothers and friend. Henry, Walter and I spent a few hours with our friends at Green Lake the day he left. The kids had fun playing in the sand and water, running, and hiding a small super ball. My friend, Jessica, and I had to laugh as we watched them because each of them always hid the ball under the same toy in the sand and the others would watch from a distance with one eye open and one eye closed, pretending they weren't peaking. When it was time, the "searcher" didn't even try to hide the fact that they knew where it was hidden - they just went straight to it!

Henry successfully floated in an inner tube all by himself for the first time. He used it to kick quite a ways out and after a little help from Josie, made it back to the beach. The younger boys enjoyed throwing rocks in the lake and following the big kids around. It was a full morning - we even had a run in with a leach! After lunch and a little baseball, we hopped in the car and headed to Grandma and Grandpa L's house to see a special visitor.

Our family friend, Dave was in town from Great Britain and brought some special toys for H & W. As you can see, they fully enjoyed breaking in their water guns! It's probably not hard to believe that the camera and I got hit during target practice - the dangers of being a mom!



















We were grateful to spend some time with Dave and hear how his family was doing. The next day we drove with Grandma L to Mama Bakkel's house in Wisconsin. Henry and Walter couldn't wait to see Mama Bakkel again. we spent quite a bit of time at the park near her house. They loved walking in the woods and exploring, even in the rain.

Obviously, not my best hair day, but these pictures were taken after a few eventful (and humid) days. Walter ended up getting sick during our visit, but thankfully my aunt and uncle took Henry on a Wal-mart outing so my mom and I could take Walter to the doctor. This was taken 2 hours after normal nap time so we were all running on empty!